we sit in rooms where people use pejoratives, racial pejoratives or s-- there are people assaulting and beleaguering other people. we just sit there like numb skulls instead of taking up. whoever is being assailed, that's you nit wit. you should say excuse me, just a minute, i won't sit in this room when people are being assailed. those are human beings and i'm a human being. i have to pick up for i must support this person. you say he's too skinny, fat, thin, stupid, bad teeth. i mean, wait a minute. the statement is i am a human being. nothing human can be alien to me. and if you know that, then you have enough -- develop enough courage so that you can stand up for somebody and without -- maybe you don't know it at the time, but you're really standing up for yourself. it's the human in you. it's the kindness in you which allows you to be courageous. you develop courage in small ways. you say i will not be called this because i'm a woman. i'm not a b. because i'm black, i'm not an n. because i'm an american, i'm not a fool or a murderer. i'm not that. you have to develop things to take